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Dr. Sofer Zdeněk

Professor and Research group leader
VSCHT, Prague, Czech Republic

Zdeněk Sofer has been a Full Professor at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic, since 2019. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague in 2008. During his Ph.D., he spent one year at Forschungszentrum Julich (Peter Grünberg Institute, Germany), followed by postdoctoral experience in University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. His research interests include semiconductors and 2D materials, their synthesis, crystal growth, chemical modifications and functinalization. He is particularly focused on various applications of two-dimensional materials including energy storage and conversion. He has published more than 600 papers, received more than 20,000 citations, and has the h-index of 85. He was the recipient of the Rector award for young researcher in 2013 and 2016 as well as the Neuron Impulse award in 2016 and the award of the Czech Science Foundation President and the UCT Prague rector award in 2019.

Talk Title: 2D Xenes chemistry and beyond

The Xenes are rapidly developing family of monoelemental 2D materials. The chemistry of graphene as well as other monoelemental materials from group of tetrels and pnictogens will be shown in detail describing various strategies for its synthesis and chemical exfoliation. The differences between the exfoliation of pnictogens and tetrels will be described using chemical and mechanical exfoliation methods. In addition, the methods for the synthesis of all main group of 2D compounds and techniques of crystal growth will be presented.

This project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe GA 101159710